#C8AA40#C8AA40

#C8AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8AA40
RGB	rgb(200, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -0.72, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 56.54, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0069 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.127 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1215, 41.4011, 10.7801)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8AA40 #405EC8

analogous

#C86640 #C8AA40 #A2C840

triadic

#C8AA40 #40C8AA #AA40C8

tetradic

#C8AA40 #40C866 #405EC8 #C840A2

square

#C8AA40 #40C866 #405EC8 #C840A2

split-complementary

#C8AA40 #40A2C8 #6640C8

monochromatic

#6E5D20 #9D852D #C8AA40 #D6BF70 #E3D49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C8AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C8AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8AA40

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8AA40	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc37a',
    500: '#c8aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8aa40;
$custom-light: #dcc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8AA40

secondary

#94A1D0

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8AA40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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